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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday to discuss ongoing regional developments, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. The officials explored ways to reduce tensions in the region and reviewed potential measures to halt ongoing attacks. The discussion......
As joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Iran, security experts say a parallel and less predictable battle is unfolding in cyberspace, with potential long-term consequences for companies and critical infrastructure far beyond the region. Analysts warn that Iranian-aligned hackers and loosely affiliated sympathizers are turning......
Banks, hedge funds and insurers spent the weekend racing to map out their exposure to the Middle East as the escalating confrontation between Iran, the United States and Israel disrupted markets, travel and business operations across the Gulf. The latest round of strikes, which hit targets in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states,......
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut issued an urgent security alert on March 2, 2026, urging American citizens to leave Lebanon immediately while commercial flight options remain available. The embassy warned that the security situation in the country is volatile and unpredictable, with airstrikes reported across southern Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley,......
Bitcoin fell to around $63,000 after coordinated US and Israeli attacks on Iran unsettled investors and triggered a rush out of riskier assets. The leading cryptocurrency slid nearly 4 percent in rapid trading, dropping from the mid‑$65,000 area to an intraday low near $63,038, before stabilizing just below $64,000. Data providers estimated......
Fresh satellite images show thick black smoke rising over Dubai after Iranian missile and drone strikes triggered fires at Jebel Ali port and on the Palm Jumeirah, driving home how the widening conflict has reached the heart of the United Arab Emirates’ commercial hub. Pictures taken on March 1 capture smoke columns and burn scars across......
Coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran have thrown global air travel into disarray, with key Middle Eastern hubs shutting down or operating under tight restrictions as regional airspace remains partly closed. The closures have disrupted one of the world’s main corridors linking Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, forcing airlines......
Only 27 percent of Americans approve of the military strikes launched by President Donald Trump against Iran, according to a new Reuters / Ipsos poll, highlighting deep divisions within the US electorate over the use of force abroad. The survey, conducted between February 28 and March 1 among 1,282 respondents, found that 43 percent of Americans......
The United States and Israel launched a coordinated air campaign against Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and struck hundreds of political and military targets across the country, marking a dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions. Iranian state media and officials confirmed that Khamenei, 86, died after airstrikes......
The El Niño climate pattern could reappear in the second half of 2026, adding extra heat on top of an already warming planet and increasing the chance of new global temperature records. The phenomenon develops when surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific turn unusually warm, releasing additional energy into the atmosphere......
Bitcoin tumbled then rebounded over the weekend as coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and confirmation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death, jolted global markets and fueled fresh concern over energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. The largest cryptocurrency briefly fell to around 63,000 dollars on Saturday......
The United Kingdom has authorized the United States to use British military bases in operations linked to the escalating confrontation with Iran, while firmly maintaining that it is not formally at war. Tensions rose after a drone struck the Royal Air Force base at RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus, hours after London confirmed that US forces......
The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East pushed the US dollar and gold higher on Monday, as investors turned to traditional safe-haven assets amid rising geopolitical uncertainty. Following reported joint Israeli-American strikes on Iran over the weekend, Tehran responded with missile attacks targeting countries in the region. The......
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